Bob Homans January 6
20230106
Ukraine – 1/6 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
January 6, 2023
The Ceasefire that Wasn’t
By proposing the ceasefire, Russia was likely trying to play onto a long succession of examples where the West seemed to think of Ukraine as the problem, rather than Russia. By offering a ceasefire, as the thinking likely went, the blame for the Russian invasion would be placed onto Ukraine. This has failed. Some examples that have contributed to Ukraine being considered a problem include:
· 1994 – Ukraine possessing the World’s 3rd largest stockpile of nuclear weapons being considered by the West as a problem. Apparently, the West viewed Russia’s 2nd largest stockpile differently because Ukraine, as part of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, agreed to give up both its nuclear weapons and its launchers, by shipping them to Russia.
· Iraq – Ukraine was found to have shipped anti-aircraft systems to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
· Corruption - Corruption in Ukraine has always seemed to be viewed as a problem for the West, whereas for much the early part of his Presidency, Putin was considered as someone who was fighting against corruption in Russia.
· Business Investment in Russia – In the 2000s, Western businesses were piling into Russia, contributing to the perception that corruption in Russia was manageable, whereas in Ukraine the perception was that it was almost impossible to do business because of corruption.
· 2016 Trump-Russia Conspiracy – In the Trump White House, this was actually seen as Ukraine helping Hillary Clinton’s election campaign. Much of Trump’s first impeachment, in 2019, had to do with events in Ukraine.
Taken together, all these events contributed to the narrative that Ukraine was a problem, something on which Russia thought they could capitalize. Ukraine’s performance since Russians latest invasion has served to dispel this narrative but it seems, based on Russia’s latest ploy about announcing a ceasefire, that this is not evident to Russia.
News From the Battlefield
Both “Reporting From Ukraine” and The Latest Denys focus on the Bakhmut Meatgrinder. There seems to be indications that the strength of direct Russian attacks against Bakhmut are dropping of, perhaps because of a combination of 3 factors:
· Reduced Russian artillery stocks.
· Russia is pivoting from Bakhmut to attack Solidar, just north of Bakhmut.
· Russia moving troops from Bakhmut toward Kremina, where Russia is at risk of losing control of Kremina and thus potentially suffering a major defeat.
Denys also reports on the South, including a Ukrainian strike against a Russian command center near Crimea.
The Latest Harvard Class Call
Since the start of Covid my Harvard College Class of 1969 has had a weekly Zoom call. Yesterday was the 4th time I have spoken to the participants about the situation in Ukraine. The last time was during the Summer of 2022, pre-Kharkiv and pre-Kherson. Yesterday, our host reminded participants that in my first call back in early Spring I predicted a Ukrainian Victory. He said that I might be right.
I went over what I saw as the current situation on the ground, the air war, and Ukraine’s increasing advantage in digitizing its armed forces. I also spoke briefly about the subject I raised yesterday, addressing the Russia bias, and almost no coverage of Ukraine, in the teaching in our universities.
One of my Classmates who was on the call is a retired U.S. Navy Officer. He chose the U.S. Navy as a career, and he became Commanding Officer of a frigate that operated in the Persian Gulf during the “Tanker Wars” in the late 1980s, our first direct conflict with Iran. When he was the Commanding Officer, his ship destroyed oil platforms in the Gulf, that the Iranians had weaponized and were threatening the tankers, then sailing under the American flag.
He said that while he was still in the U.S. Navy, he was once given tour of a Soviet Navy frigate. He said they looked very impressive on the outside but decrepit on the inside. We were both commissioned as U.S. Navy Ensigns on the same day, during Harvard’s Commencement Week. We briefly reminisced about how senior Navy officers said that the Soviet Navy under Admiral Gorshkov as being “10’ tall.” Russia just launched a navy ship named “Admiral Gorshkov.”
I am happy to give similar talks to other organizations, either physically on the U.S. East Coast or virtually. All you need to do is ask.
1/6 Sitrep (my comment in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon January 5 to 12:00 noon January 6, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
January 6
11:52 Pentagon representative: More than 3 thousand Ukrainian servicemen have been trained in the United States since April 2022.
· According to him, in a few weeks the training of Ukrainians at the battalion level will start. About 500 people will study monthly.
08:50 Spiegel: Germany is negotiating with two unnamed countries to transfer additional Gepard self-propelled guns to Ukraine.
· Also, according to Spiegel, a separate subject of discussion is the transfer of a large number of 35-mm ammunition to the anti-aircraft German self-propelled guns.
07:11: The Bradley BMP is not a tank, but a tank killer, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said.
· Ryder also confirmed that a new package of military assistance to Ukraine from the United States will be announced today.
· The Bradly contains a Javelin missile launcher as standard equipment.
00:42: The Queen of Denmark refused to patronize the Anderson Literary Award after the Russian woman was elected chairman of the jury.
· Margrethe I refused to participate in the award ceremony of the Hans Christian Anderson Literary Prize, as Russian illustrator and professor of art Anastasia Arkhipova was appointed chairman of the commission. According to the monarch, such a candidacy is unacceptable in conditions when Russia inflicts deadly blows on Ukraine.
January 5
23:45 Politico: Closed talks have begun in Washington to remove Cold War ammunition from bunkers and further modernize them to be handed over to Ukraine.
· The publication reports that in the United States one of the programs for the modernization of old weapons for Ukraine has already begun.
· It is planned that missiles for long-decommissioned American-made HAWK air defense systems will receive the necessary updates for maximum benefit.
22:50 President of the European Parliament: The withdrawal of Russian troops is the only serious option to restore peace and security.
· "The announcement of a unilateral ceasefire is as false and hypocritical as the illegal and grotesque annexations and referendums that accompany them."
22:30 espreso: Bakhmut is a new symbol of indestructibility, Putin has lost gas levers, Germany is preparing to provide Ukraine with tanks. World media about Ukraine January 5
· BBC: BBC journalists believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement about the introduction of a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian front line, which coincides with Orthodox Christmas, is intended to demonize the Armed Forces for the dictator's domestic audience.
· The New York Times: The New York Times focuses on the city of Bakhmut, which is more than 60 percent destroyed. Russia continues its offensive to capture the eastern city, after a series of setbacks in other parts of Ukraine in recent months.
· Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Ukrainian Military Administration in the Donetsk region, which includes Bakhmut, said that Ukrainian troops were holding back Russian forces, But the defense of the city is very expensive due to constant shelling.
· Gazeta Wyborcza: Polish journalists analyzed the list of incomprehensible mistakes of the Russian army, which is constantly updated. Journalists are trying to understand why Russians do not learn from their mistakes?
21:52: "If putin wanted peace, he would bring his soldiers home and the war would be over. But apparently, he wants to continue the war, after a short break," said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbok.
21:40 Guardian: Britain does not rule out the transfer of tanks to Ukraine.
· British Foreign Minister James Cleverley said that the provision of tanks may well be part of the next stage of arms supplies to Ukraine.
21:22: Germany will provide Ukraine with Marder armored personnel carriers and an addditional Patriot air defense system.
· This was announced on Twitter by the press secretary of the German government Steffen Hebestreit following a telephone conversation between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden.
9:07 Reuters: The U.S. will include about 50 Bradley combat vehicles in an armed assistance package to Ukraine to be unveiled on Jan. 6.
20:57: UN Secretary-General Guterres disbands a mission to establish the circumstances of the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners in the Olenivska colony, UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stefan Dujarric said during a briefing.
· According to him, the reason for this decision of the UN Secretary General is that the mission did not receive the necessary security guarantees from both sides.
20:31: putin is "trying to find some breathing room" by establishing a 36-hour ceasefire, Biden is responding to a question about Moscow's offer of a truce.
· "I don't want to answer what Putin says. Interestingly, he was ready to bomb hospitals, kindergartens, and churches... December 25 and New Year... I think he's trying to take a break," Biden said while talking to reporters at the White House.
19:02 Bloomberg: russia threatens with appropriate measures if Germany transfers Russian assets to restore Ukraine
· At the same time, Finance Minister Christian Lindner is concerned that the confiscation of the assets of the Russian central bank could set a dangerous precedent and lead European countries and their allies into legal quagmire.
17:06 LSM: russians in Latvia are massively renouncing russian citizenship.
· For 11 months of last year, 111 russian citizens acquired Latvian citizenship, and 312 Russian passport holders wrote an application for the beginning of renunciation of Russian citizenship.
16:12 Politico: A new strain of COVID could cause another wave of the pandemic, said World Health Organization (WHO) spokeswoman Maria Van Kerkhove.
· The Omicron XBB.1.5 coronavirus strain, which became the dominant strain in the U.S. in just a few weeks, has already been detected in 29 countries in Europe and the United States. The WHO is working to analyze the severity of the new strain, which it promises to publish in the coming days.
15:32: Germany this week handed over to Ukraine 20 missile launchers for APWKS missiles based on pickups, which it promised at the end of the summer.
· This is evidenced by the updated list on the website of the Federal Government. Most of the delivered came not from the stocks of the Bundeswehr, but from industry.
14:40 White House press office: Joe Biden discussed the war in Ukraine with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell during a trip to Kentucky.
· "We talked about foreign policy, about Ukraine, about how to keep everyone together - not only in Congress, but also at the international level," the US president said.
13:29 Japan Today: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit France, Italy, Britain, Canada and the United States from January 9 to 14.
· During the trip, meetings are planned with the leaders of the countries to discuss a wide range of topics, among which an important place will be occupied by the discussion of the Russian invasion, as well as new steps in military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.
13:11: Erdogan discussed with Putin over the phone the settlement in Ukraine, bilateral relations and the situation in Syria, the Turkish presidential administration said.
NATIONAL
January 6
11:40: Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk reports on possible terrorist attacks in Orthodox churches in Ukraine.
· Russians on New Year's Eve.
11:31: As of 11:00 am on January 6, consumption in Ukraine continues to grow due to a gradual decrease in temperature, Ukrenergo said.
· To ensure the balance in the power system, consumption limits have been brought to all regions of Ukraine, which are valid from 8:00 to 23:00. Exceeding the limits leads to the application of emergency restrictions.
10:41: Civilian casualties because of Russia's armed aggression on 05.01.2023 according to regional military administrations.
· Donetsk – 1 killed and 3 wounded
· Zaporizhia – 2 killed and 3 wounded
· Kharkiv – 1 wounded
· Kherson – 6 killed and 4 wounded
10:19: The Security Service has completed counterintelligence (security) activities at the UOC (MP) facilities in Kherson, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk and Rivne regions.
· SBU discovers campaign leaflets of Medvedchuk's association, Russian "tricolors" and former Russian warehouses in the dioceses of the UOC (MP)
09:54 DTEK (a major supplier of electricity in Ukraine): There are stabilization schedules for power outages in Kyiv, Dnipro and Odesa, -
· In the Donetsk region – emergency power outages.
09:40 Institute for the Study of War: Putin's statement on the "Christmas truce" is likely an information operation designed to damage Ukraine's reputation.
· "Putin hardly expects Ukraine to fulfill the conditions of a suddenly declared truce, and may want to present it as an intractable party that does not want to take the necessary steps for negotiations," analysts say.
07:24 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06:00 on January 6:
· "Over the past day, the enemy has inflicted 17 air strikes and carried out 59 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. In particular, on civilian infrastructure.
· The danger of enemy air and missile strikes remains throughout Ukraine."
· "In the settlement of Kakhovka, Kherson region, the Russian occupiers are trying to ban the circulation of the Ukrainian hryvnia.
· They raid outlets and threaten to seize not only cash, but also goods if Ukrainian money is found."
· "According to available information, from January 1, in the city of Donetsk, employees of the so-called military commissariats began collecting information about citizens born in 2006 for military registration."
· "Due to the high efficiency of the means of fire destruction of the Defense Forces, in the city of Starobilsk, Luhansk region, the enemy has strengthened the administrative and counterintelligence regimes.
· The occupiers check the mobile phones of local residents. Particular attention is paid to persons who have subscriber numbers of Ukrainian telecom operators in the lists.
· "During the day, our defenders shot down an enemy Su-25 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter.
· The aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 15 strikes on areas of concentration of the enemy, as well as 3 strikes on the positions of its anti-aircraft missile systems.
· "Our units of rocket troops and artillery carried out fire damage to 2 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment."
00:16 Minister of Defense: To date, there is no need for mass mobilization, but everything will depend on the situation at the front.
· "We are replenishing the losses of our combat brigades, we take some special specialists that we need for certain tasks, but today I do not see the need for such mass mobilization," Reznikov said.
January 5
22:32: Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Today was another active diplomatic day. Four other leaders of partner countries are fully informed about Ukraine's defense needs and the nearest plans of the terrorist state.
22:07: Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Olaf Scholz for the decision to provide Ukraine with a Patriot battery.
20:44: On the morning of January 5, 2023, Ukraine's air defense destroyed a Su-25 attack aircraft and a Russian Mi-8 helicopter, the Air Force of Ukraine said.
· The aircraft is on the account of the air defense of the Ground Forces, the helicopter was destroyed by a unit of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force.
19:43: Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a conversation with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
19:30: Ukraine will not conduct any negotiations with russia on the Christmas truce, said Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov.
19:15: Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
18:21 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on January 5:
· "To maintain offensive potential and replenish losses, the enemy continues to take measures to mobilize.
· During the day, the enemy launched 8 air strikes and carried out more than 10 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· The threat of enemy air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure facilities persists throughout Ukraine."
· "The military-political leadership of the Russian Federation is taking measures to prevent the mass exodus of men of draft age abroad before the next wave of mobilization, which is expected in January this year.
· A complete ban on crossing the state border for men of draft age is not excluded."
· "Forced passportization of the population in the temporarily occupied and occupied territories of Luhansk region continues.
· Thus, banking institutions of the occupied region require passports of the Russian Federation to issue payment cards."
· "Our defenders shot down an enemy Su-25 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter.
· During the day, Ukrainian aviation inflicted 15 strikes on areas of concentration of the enemy, as well as 3 strikes on the positions of its anti-aircraft missile systems.
· "Units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out a fire attack on the area of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the occupiers."
18:10: Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Latvian President Egils Levits.
5:42: Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak had a phone conversation with US Presidential Adviser Jake Sullivan, the President's Office said.
17:28: Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed cooperation between the countries with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
16:23 Minister of Energy: Due to russian aggression in 2022, Ukraine lost about 90% of wind and up to 40% of solar generation.
· "In 2023, the greatest load will fall on thermal power generation. This and next heating seasons we will live at the expense of our own production. And this is a fact that must be accepted and further plans should be calculated based on it," he said.
16:03 Director General of Energoatom: Ukraine counts on the military scenario of the return of the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
· According to him, if the Armed Forces manage to break through russian positions and take Melitopol, located more than 100 kilometers south of the station, the only option for the Russians is to leave the nuclear power plant.
15:22 Commander of the defense of the capital: In case of a repeated attempt by the russians to attack Kiev, the Defense Forces of Ukraine expect to stop them on the border of Belarus.
· According to the commander of the defense of the capital, the entire border of Ukraine with Belarus is now "continuous rubble and minefields" to pass through them, the enemies will need efforts.
· "In addition, artillery fire was planned for them, work from sniper groups to mobile fire groups. We do not plan to let them go beyond the border," Pavliuk said.
14:29: Since the beginning of the war, the SBU has identified more than 6 thousand organizers of pseudo-referendums in the occupied regions of Ukraine - the SBU.
· The SBU also initiated the application of NSDC sanctions against almost 100 Russian-controlled "foreign observers". Because of these "tourists", the Kremlin tried to legalize the conduct of pseudo-referendums and their "results".
· Investigative and operational actions are underway to identify other persons involved in subversive activities in favor of Moscow.
14:18 press service of the Ministry of Economy: The Ministry of Economy preliminarily estimated the fall in Ukraine's GDP at the end of 2022 at the level of 30.4% with an error of 2%.
· "This is objectively the worst result since independence, but better than most experts expected at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, when estimates varied between 40-50% of GDP decline and deeper," the Ministry of Economy stressed.
1:50: The Assumption Cathedral and the Refectory Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra were returned to the administration of the state. The decision was made by a commission that was engaged in an inventory of property and inspected the buildings.
· This was announced by the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko.
· The Minister of Culture noted that Metropolitan Pavlo of the UOC-MP did not come to sign the relevant act, but this will not prevent the return of state property.
13:29 espreso: Mikhail Fedorov became the innovator of the year according to the Future of Government Awards.
· The Digital Innovator of the Year Award is given to civil servants who successfully advocate for the digitalization of the board. Fedorov received an award for the creation of a "state in a smartphone" in Ukraine.
13:20: Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War estimate that the Russians will run out of Iranian drones by May 2023 if they use them with the same intensity as in the past four months.
· The current contract provides for the transfer of 1750 drones. Further, according to experts, Russia will try to secure new agreements on the supply of Iranian systems.
12:35 DTEK: Yesterday, one of the Ukrainian TPPs was attacked, there were no casualties.
· "As a result of the shelling, the equipment of the TPP was significantly damaged. After the end of the attack, the energy sector promptly began to eliminate the consequences," the company said in a statement.
12:16: Civilian casualties as a result of Russia's armed aggression on 04.01.2023 according to regional military administrations.
· Dnipro – 1 killed
· Donetsk – 2 killed and 3 wounded
· Zaporizhia – 1 killed
· Kharkiv – 1 killed and 2 wounded
· Kherson – 3 wounded
MORDOR (russia)
January 6
08:15 Reuters: Prigozhin wants to capture Bakhmut to control salt and gypsum mines, citing the White House.
January 5
17:57: New SBU interception:
· Telephone conversation of a Russian paratrooper with his wife. Having experience of participating in the Syrian war, he counted on easy victories in Ukraine.
17:16: putin instructed Shoigu to impose a ceasefire "along the entire line of military contact between the parties in Ukraine" from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7, the russian president's website said.
16:54: "Glory to Heroes", - was the reply Maxim Halkin gave during a concert last night. (Halkin is one of the most popular Russian standup comics who moved to Israel after the start of the Rashist invasion of Ukraine and has often spoken out against the Invasion and putin – ed.)
15:52 press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic: Personnel, weapons, military, and special equipment of the Armed Forces of the russian Federation continue to arrive in Belarus. It is planned to conduct combat coordination activities, as well as joint flight-tactical training.
· "All this is happening solely in the interests of strengthening the protection and defense of the Union State, based on the situation near our borders," the Belarusian Defense Ministry said.
14:29 espreso - Viasna: A priest was detained in Belarus for praying for Ukrainian soldiers.
· "As the security forces write, the priest "has nationalist tattoos, distributes the symbols of the BBB and related ideas, and also plays computer games under a strange nickname" ("PICAPS MachoBY")".
13:40: "Wagnerians" hire political prisoners from Chechnya, according to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
· According to Ukrainian intelligence, the russian PMC "Wagner" began recruiting prisoners from correctional institutions of the Chechen Republic of the russian Federation, most of whom were convicted for political reasons.
· It is known that in the colony-settlement No. 3 of the city of Argun, as well as in the correctional colony No. 2 of the village of Chernokozovo, the process of recruiting prisoners to the ranks of the Wagner PMC continues.
12:09: In the Black Sea, 2 Russian ships are on alert.
· According to the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians also deployed 2 ships in the Sea of Azov, and 9 in the Mediterranean, of which 5 are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, the total volley of which is 72 missiles.
12:54 Russian Media: In St. Petersburg, a fire engulfed an area of more than 400 squares in the production building of the Belarus Machine Tractor Factory.
KHARKIV
January 6
10:08 Kharkiv RMA: During the past day, Russian artillery and mortars were under fire: Kupyansk, Vovchansk, Biennial, Ogirtsevo, Kislivka and other settlements.
· In Kupyansk, the building of the civil industry was damaged. And in the Biennial Kupyansk district, the lyceum was partially destroyed. There was a large-scale fire, which was extinguished within 3 hours. A 75-year-old man was injured. Hospitalized in a state of moderate severity.
00:53: A monument to the Russian writer Nikolai Ostrovsky was demolished in Kharkiv. Photos from local social networks.
DONETSK
January 6
09:16: Kramatorsk Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko confirmed the explosions in the city and urged them to stay in safe places.
08:56 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
08:41 Donetsk RMA: On January 5, Russians killed 1 resident of Donetsk region in Bakhmut, 3 more people in the region were injured.
ZAPORIZHIA
January 5
20:28: Explosions in temporarily occupied Tokmak are reported.
16:32 Zaporizhia RMA: The Russians closed the exit from the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhia region to people two weeks ago.
· Starukh noted that the Russians had imposed restrictions until January 15, but there are currently no signs that the corridor will be opened and people will be able to leave.
15:01 Mayor of Melitopol: In the temporarily occupied Melitopol, russians are dressing up as civilians and looking for partisans and those who help resistance.
14:09 Zaporizhia RMA: As a result of the morning shelling of the village of Prymorske, Zaporizhia region, two people were killed and three others were injured
· Orikhiv and Stepnohirsk were also shelled, and buildings were destroyed as a result of hits.
2:50 President's Office: In Beryslav, Kherson region, a Russians' shelling killed a family, husband, wife and their 12-year-old son.
DNIPRO
January 6
08:31 Dnipro RMA: Russians fired heavy artillery at the Marganetska and Chervonohryhorivska communities at night.
· "Several private houses, a gas pipeline and a power line were beaten. The economic building was destroyed. People are unharmed," Reznichenko wrote.
KHERSON
January 6
11:02: Rossiyans shelled rescuers of Kherson region.
· "Kherson. Another shelling of our unit. There are dead and wounded. This is the second fire station in two days that was shelled by the enemy," Serhii Kruk, State Emergency Service
10:29 Kherson RMA: Russians shelled the territory of Kherson region 58 times.
· The Russian army attacked Kherson 14 times – residential areas of the city were under enemy fire. Enemy shells hit the fire department, private and apartment buildings.
· 6 people were killed, 4 residents of the Kherson region were injured of varying severity.
· Among the dead is a 12-year-old boy. He was killed by the Russians along with his mom and dad in his own home when they shelled Beryslav.
09:05 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
January 5
23:34 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Oleshky and Radensk, Kherson region.
22:59 Social Networks: Explosions are heard again in Kherson and Chornobaivka.
13:02: Russians shelled a fire station in Kherson, there were no casualties beforehand, the State Emergency Service said.
12:26 Kherson RMA: Damaged houses, cars, agricultural premises, power lines and gas pipelines as a result of the morning shelling of Chornobaivka and Komyshan by Russians.
· Due to the morning attack of the Russians, 4 people were injured. They received shrapnel wounds of moderate severity.
MYKOLAIV
January 6
09:25 Mykolaiv RMA: The Russians yesterday launched artillery strikes on the waters of the Ochakov community.
· It passed without casualties.
00:00: A monument to the Russian commander Alexander Suvorov was demolished in Nikolaev. This was reported by local media.
0DESA
January 5
15:13 press service of the SBI: Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation claim to have exposed a large-scale scheme of extortion at Odesa customs.
· SBI officers discovered caches of money of customs officers. Inspectors managed to "earn" more than 65 thousand rubles in just a few hours of shift. hryvnas. The hid the money under baseboards, in computer equipment, heaters, waste paper and even in the toilet.
12:46 SBU press service: SBU detained deputy head of Odesa regional military administration, who demanded 35 thousand USD. to resolve charges against his subordinate.
· The Security Service exposed the criminal actions of the deputy chairman of the Odessa regional military administration.
· The official for money offered the head of one of the structural divisions of the OVA his "assistance" in avoiding criminal liability for the appropriation of state property.
KYIV
January 6
11:21 Mayor of Kyiv: Another victim died in a rocket attack on the capital on December 29, 2022.
· The 40-year-old woman was in hospital in serious condition. This is the third victim of a barbaric attack.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://euromaidanpress.com/
https://cutt.ly/Blyskavka